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- 1391: Comparison Of Racism In Histor
- ... about in her novel. The novel and the play are similar because they focus around one main minority group and their problems. It would seem, in these stories, that when Canada is faced with a crisis, the government takes command and sometimes encourages racism. All the racism in Canada is just like racism throughout the world: people getting hurt for no other reason than they can help. These two stories reflect ...
- 1392: Communism
- ... a formal peace in order to win what he regarded as an indispensable breathing spell, instead of shallowly risking the future of the revolution (Daniels, 135). Trotsky resigned as Foreign Commissar during the Brest- Litovsk crisis, but he was immediately appointed Commissar of Military Affairs and entrusted with the creation of a new Red Army to replace the old Russian army which had dissolved during the revolution. Many Communists wanted to ...
- 1393: Colombia
- ... rapid industrial growth in recent decades and undertook an economic reform program that opened its economy to international trade and investment. Colombia was the only country that maintained scheduled payments on loans during a debt crisis in the 1980's. For these reasons Colombia enjoys the highest credit ratings in the region. They have diversified there economy in which they no longer just depend on there large crop of Coffee but ...
- 1394: Cold War Book Review
- ... essays. According to Drakulic, the communist regime could not work as it did. Since citizens were not provided with the basic necessities of daily life, they did not support the communist regime in times of crisis. She supplements this idea with the outrageous stories in How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed. This book is not a comprehensive or academic study, because it does not intend to serve that purpose. However ...
- 1395: Causes Of The Cold War
- ... Both the Soviet Union and the United States knew how to make nuclear weapons. This knowledge made the consequences of their actions much more cautious. This helped to cause the war during the Cuban Missle Crisis where the Soviet Union planted nuclear missiles at the United States from Cuba for a time. The Cold War was brought about by many factors caused at the end of World War II. The idealogical ...
- 1396: Causes Of The Civil War 2
- ... Meanwhile in Boston, a group of citizens disguised as Indians tossed 15,000 pounds worth of tea into the harbor. This event, known as the Boston Tea Party, was significant in the pre-Revolutionary War crisis because it was the first act of resistance that ended in the destruction of a large amount of private property. This act of rebellion infuriated England. Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party with the ...
- 1397: Buddihism
- ... the Mahayana and Hinayana branches. Of the Hinayana ("the Lesser Vehicle"*) branch of schools, only the Theravada school (founded 4th century B.C.E.) remains; it is currently found in Sri Lanka and all Southeast Asian countries. This school stresses the historical figure of Gautama Buddha, and the centrality of the monk's lifestyle and practice (meditation). Theravada monks hold that the Buddha taught a doctrine of anatta (no-soul) when ...
- 1398: Buddhist Art--two Periods Of B
- ... The Golden Age: Gupta Art-Empire, Province, and Influence. Bombay: Marg Publications, 1991. Nehru, Lolita. Origins of the Gandharan Style. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989 Pal, Pratapaditaya. A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997. Pal, Pratapaditaya. Indian Sculpture: Volume I. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1986. Penny, Nicholas. The Materials of Sculpture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. Sherman, Lee. A ...
- 1399: Buddhism
- ... of the Elders, and Mahayana, the Great Vehicle. 2. Religion and philosophy (of Buddhism) founded in India in the 6th and 5th cent. B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama, called the Buddha. One of the great Asian religions, it teaches the practice of Meditation and the observance of moral precepts 3. The basic doctrines include the four noble truths taught by the Buddha: existence is suffering; the cause of suffering is desire ...
- 1400: British Imperialism In Africa
- ... surreptitious British purchase of the majority share in the Suez Canal. A dubious balance of power was achieved through duel Anglo-French control of Egypt. Britain was able to prevail over France during the Egyptian Crisis, as the French government did not allow French involvement in smothering the rebellion. This afforded the British a chance to re-establish their role in world military dominance. These conflicts were clearly not for the ...
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